diff --git a/recipes/times_online.recipe b/recipes/times_online.recipe
index 32d1101db6..3d4dee2583 100644
--- a/recipes/times_online.recipe
+++ b/recipes/times_online.recipe
@@ -45,6 +45,22 @@ class TimesOnline(BasicNewsRecipe):
         'comment': description, 'tags': category, 'publisher': publisher, 'language': language
     }
 
+    def get_cover_url(self):
+        from datetime import date
+        cover = 'http://img.kiosko.net/' + str(date.today().year) + '/' + date.today().strftime('%m') + '/' + date.today().strftime('%d') + '/uk/the_times.750.jpg'
+        br = BasicNewsRecipe.get_browser(self)
+        try:
+            br.open(cover)
+        except:
+            index = 'http://en.kiosko.net/uk/np/the_times.html'
+            soup = self.index_to_soup(index)
+            for image in soup.findAll('img', src=True):
+                if image['src'].endswith('750.jpg'):
+                    return image['src']
+            self.log("\nCover unavailable")
+            cover = None
+        return cover
+        
     def get_browser(self):
         br = BasicNewsRecipe.get_browser(self)
         br.open('http://www.thetimes.co.uk/')